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Had A Good I.D.E.A. Lately?
The most elusive quality of excellence, of peak performers
worldwide and throughout history is that thing called "Mastery."
What is this thing, and is it possible for ordinary people,
however committed, to touch this exalted state?
The answer is "yes," but I've got good news, bad news, and more
good news. The first good news is that the path is deceptively
simple. The bad news is that it is hard, and can be painful. The
last, good news is that those on the path have no real
competition--very few people are actually willing to be
excellent in life. They want to talk about it, and dream about
it, but are unwilling to actually pay the price.
And this, as I've said, is very good indeed for those of us who
are.
The first thing we must do is devise a useful definition of
"Mastery" whether we are talking about this quality in the
domain of writing and the arts, of interpersonal interactions,
of intellectual pursuit. Then we must throw light on a pathway
to this quality that will enable us to reach our peak potential.
Try this description: "Mastery is the ability to perfectly match
energy and attention to the task at hand." In other words, if
every task has a perfect "profile" of attention and ability
necessary to complete it, if you bring either less or more of
yourself to the task, you may well complete it, but you will
struggle and waste energy--or not perform properly at all.
Or try this description: "Mastery is the ability to perform
instinctively and instantly in the manner you would perform had
you a month to consider your actions." In other words, to have
instant access to your own deepest capacities.
In other words, Mastery is the place where intellectual or
physical or emotional preparation meets pure instinct. The
reflexes of an animal, the emotional purity of a child, the
intellectual focus of a scholar. An incredible goal, designed to
create incredible results.
And the achievement of that goal is exactly what I.D.E.A. is
about.
Instinctive Designation of Energy and Attention. The deliberate
cultivation of instinct, energy, and intellect to maximize your
results as a writer, athlete, businesswoman, human
being...whatever your goal. The theory is both childishly simple
and devilishly difficult, but is your key to accessing your
deepest wisdom.
Basically, I.D.E.A. says that you develop your instincts by
giving yourself deep feedback about the way you are currently
operating in the world. To strip away illusion, and operate in a
"truth zone" about the person you are and the world you live in.
As the ancient Samurai Musashi Miyamoto once put it, "Do not
think dishonestly." A commitment to total truth will tear the
blinders from your eyes, possibly for the first time in your
life.
Sounds simple? Just wait. Here's the bad news. In order to be
certain that you are accurate in your assessments, you must take
responsibility for your life, and the results you have achieved
(or occasionally endured!) in all three major arenas of your
life: body, mind, and spirit.
1) Body is fitness and health. Your body should be in alignment
with your own values, or you should be engaged in a daily
process of cultivating the physical health and beauty and
performance that WOULD reflect your values. Want to know if you
are? Strip to your underwear and look in the mirror. If you are
attracted to what you
see, you are in alignment with your
values. If you aren't, you aren't. It's as simple as that.
2) Mind. Mind manifests most clearly in our education and
career. Any worm will move away from pain, and toward pleasure.
Believe me, if you aren't working at a career you enjoy, it
isn't due to lack of intellect. In such a case you may have
emotional conflicts, value confusion about safety, freedom, and
responsibility, and it would behoove you to commit to healing
them. The core question: if you won the lottery next week, would
you still be at your job next year? If not, you should accept
the challenge of crafting for yourself a career path that IS
that attractive.
3) Spirit. Just as grass bending can signal the presence of
wind, the relationships we have with other human beings in THIS
world can help us understand our connection to the divine. The
most important relationship to address is the one with our most
significant other, our husband or wife, or lifemate. The history
of this aspect of our lives tells us an enormous amount about
our inner world. The most important question: If you viewed your
partner (or the average of your partners, over your relationship
history) as being your mirror image, what would that say about
you? And don't protest that they aren't, that there's no
connection between you and the most important person in your
life. What a joke! Our relationships measure our honesty,
passion, intelligence, self-respect and general energy Take
responsibility here. If you're happy with your relationship, pat
yourself on the back! And if you're not...you have work to do.
You need not tell another human being what you learn if you look
at these three arenas, but YOU need to know. You need to come to
some conclusions about how and why you are in the life space you
are in. The answers to these questions must be consistent: in
other words, you are willing to judge other people by the same
standards you hold yourself to. In all likelihood, engaging in
the I.D.E.A. process will give you vast compassion for other
human beings: we are all battle-scarred, we are all magnificent,
we have all failed, we have all succeeded.
And we move on, toward the light. For an artist, and we are all
artists, this process opens the door to a level of understanding
most human beings never approach. If you walk this path, it's
important to avoid guilt, blame, and shame--these emotions have
no place in the evaluation of our lives. They merely cloud the
issue. Meditation, dream diaries, therapy, or talking with good
and supportive friends might be valuable to help move through
the pain and confusion. What I promise you is that if you walk
this path, you will be one of the very very few human beings on
this planet who are actually committed to excellence. Mastery
can be lonely...but as you climb that mountain, moving toward a
more and more rarified level of performance, you will begin to
meet the other climbers. And they will extend their hands to
you, and welcome you into an extraordinary family...one bonded
not by blood, but by spirit.
About the author:
Steven Barnes is a NY Times bestselling writer, hypnotist, and
peak performance councilor. Creator of the Lifewriting™
high-performance system for writers and readers, he has lectured
on story and human consciousness at UCLA, Mensa, and the
Smithsonian Institute. Learn more about Lifewriting at:
http://www.lifewrite.com
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